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Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11

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  Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 L Thorpe <lt666@sixsixsix.net> - 2026-08-15 20:45 +0000
    Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-15 17:10 -0400
      Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 L Thorpe <lt666@sixsixsix.net> - 2026-08-15 21:15 +0000
        Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-15 17:21 -0400
          Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-08-15 22:56 +0000
    Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-16 02:26 -0400
      Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-16 03:01 -0400
        Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 09:48 -0700
          Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 12:54 -0400
          Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-17 17:49 +0000
            Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-08-17 14:34 -0400
              Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-17 23:48 +0000
            Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 12:14 -0700
              Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-17 22:55 +0000
          Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-08-17 19:33 +0000
            Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 15:39 -0400
            Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-08-17 20:13 +0000
      Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-16 10:58 +0200
      Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-08-16 14:30 +0000
        Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-16 17:44 +0100
          Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 L Thorpe <lt666@sixsixsix.net> - 2026-08-16 17:01 +0000
            Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-17 00:52 -0400
              Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-17 16:58 +0000
                Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 13:45 -0400
                  Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-17 18:59 +0000
                    Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 15:16 -0400
                      OT (was: Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11) "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-08-17 21:20 +0100
                        Re: OT "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 16:42 -0400
                          Re: OT "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-08-17 22:21 +0100
                            Re: OT "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 18:23 -0400
                          Re: OT John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 14:34 -0700
                            Re: OT "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 18:24 -0400
                              Re: OT John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 15:40 -0700
                                Re: OT "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 18:44 -0400
                                  Re: OT John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-08-18 07:51 -0700
                                    Re: OT "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-18 11:20 -0400
                                      Re: OT John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-08-18 10:24 -0700
                                        Re: OT The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 13:58 +0100
                              Re: OT Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-18 00:47 +0000
                                Re: OT "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 20:51 -0400
                                  Re: OT rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-18 03:01 +0000
                                    Re: OT Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-18 04:55 +0000
                                Re: OT rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-18 02:55 +0000
                        Re: OT Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-08-19 18:30 +0000
                          Re: OT "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-08-19 22:19 +0100
                            Re: OT Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-08-20 15:41 +0000
                              Re: OT "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-08-20 17:05 +0100
                                Re: OT Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-08-20 17:57 +0000
                                Re: OT "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-08-20 18:59 +0100
                                  Re: OT Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-08-20 18:48 +0000
                          Re: OT The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-20 01:16 +0100
                            Re: OT "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-20 12:31 +0200
                              Re: OT The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-20 11:59 +0100
                                Re: OT "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-20 15:23 +0200
                              Re: OT "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-08-20 17:15 +0100
                      Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-17 22:51 +0000
                  Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-08-18 08:39 +0100
                    Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-18 03:52 -0400
                  Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-08-18 21:15 +1000
                    Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-18 07:25 -0400
                      Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-08-18 21:44 +1000
                        Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-18 07:52 -0400
                        Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-18 13:18 +0100
                          Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-18 08:36 -0400
                    Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-18 13:16 +0100
                Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-17 18:07 +0000
                Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-17 23:40 +0000
                  Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-08-17 19:45 -0400
                  Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-18 00:47 +0000
                    Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-18 02:51 +0000
                      Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2026-08-18 03:10 +0000
                      Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-18 00:48 -0400
                        Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-18 10:26 +0100
                      Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-18 04:55 +0000
                      Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-08-18 08:55 -0400
                        Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-18 17:24 +0100
                          Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-18 16:37 +0000
                            Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-08-18 20:51 -0400
                              Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 15:04 +0100
                                Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 20:53 +0000
                                Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-08-19 22:11 -0400
                                  Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-20 11:58 +0100
                            Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 04:32 +0000
                              Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-19 05:34 +0000
                            Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 14:52 +0100
                              Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 21:08 +0000
                                Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-19 22:54 +0000
                                  Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-20 04:11 +0000
                    Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-18 10:25 +0100
                      Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-18 15:34 +0000
                        Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-18 17:30 +0100
                      Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-18 16:30 +0000
                        Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-18 22:52 +0000
                          Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-08-19 05:54 +0200
                        Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 14:47 +0100
                          Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 21:26 +0000
                            Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-20 01:42 +0100
                              Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Leroy H <lh@somewhere.net> - 2026-08-20 01:42 +0000
                  Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-18 03:34 +0000
              Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2026-08-17 19:08 +0000
          Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-16 23:42 -0400
    Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11 vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-08-16 11:55 +0000

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#90018 — Re: OT

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2026-08-18 03:01 +0000
SubjectRe: OT
Message-ID<nei07iFpk4lU41@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#90008
On Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:51:33 -0400, Joel W. Crump wrote:

> If you want a hard copy, the DVD/Blu-Ray disc matters, sure.  For
> general playback, streaming is better, though.

Netflix DVDs didn't have Geico ads popping up randomly. One would think 
that with the marvels of AI they could refrain from repeating the same 
damn ad during one viewing session. 

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#90028 — Re: OT

FromCharlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
Date2026-08-18 04:55 +0000
SubjectRe: OT
Message-ID<HARgS.26587$trLf.8362@fx20.iad>
In reply to#90018
On 2026-08-18, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:51:33 -0400, Joel W. Crump wrote:
>
>> If you want a hard copy, the DVD/Blu-Ray disc matters, sure.  For
>> general playback, streaming is better, though.
>
> Netflix DVDs didn't have Geico ads popping up randomly. One would think 
> that with the marvels of AI they could refrain from repeating the same 
> damn ad during one viewing session. 

Probably Geico purchased a _lot_ of advertising space.
It's nothing new; from time to time I see the same ad
twice in one commercial break on broadcast TV.

-- 
/~\  Charlie Gibbs                  |  In this world there are
\ /  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>      |  two kinds of people:
 X   I'm really at ac.dekanfrus     |  1. Those who can extrapolate
/ \  if you read it the right way.  |  from incomplete data.

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#90016 — Re: OT

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2026-08-18 02:55 +0000
SubjectRe: OT
Message-ID<nehvthFsn63U1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#90005
On Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:47:07 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> Some benefits, perhaps.  Still, having a physical DVD means that you can
> watch it anywhere, anytime, without needing Internet access and saying
> "mother may I" (and possibly paying) every time.
> And it isn't going to suddenly vanish on the whim of a marketroid.

I don't buy too much music anymore but I preferred DVDs. I do have a 
changer but I've ripped most of them. It's hard stuffing 100 DVDs into a 
phone. 

I have a few video DVDs including a couple in Netflix mailers. At the end 
they said to not bother returning them. I do miss the feature where I 
could see which DVDs I'd rented. I'm not good with titles and a couple of 
times I've been a few minutes into a streaming video before I realized I'd 
seen it before. At least with Kindle books Amazon has my complete history 
for better or worse. 

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#90152 — Re: OT

FromFrank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Date2026-08-19 18:30 +0000
SubjectRe: OT
Message-ID<11653nv.12s4.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>
In reply to#89991
J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
> (Should we take this to e-s.talk?)

  And pollute *that* group!? :-)

> On 2026/8/17 20:16:48, Joel W. Crump wrote:
[...]
> >>> The price I paid for Win11 Pro is for a license to use it, the
> >>> price I paid for 365 is for a year of MS letting me use what
> >>> I want from their apps and OneDrive, it's a equitable way of
> >>> always having the latest software.  Buying a boxed copy of
> >>> MS Office, OTOH, would lock me in to one arbitrary release.
> 
> Depends whether you _want_ what the later releases give you. Granted, I
> haven't really _looked_ into what the later ones give me, but I've yet
> to find anything I want to do that my Office 2003 (with the patches for
> the x versions so I can exchange with those who use them) can't do. (And
> I certainly have no desire for OneDrive.) Each to his or her own, though!

  Exactly! My software ages quite nicely with time. Some important parts
are already well over two decades 'old' and still going strong. Example:
The software bringing you this post.

> >> Given that software has started deteriorating with each successive
> >> release, constant upgrades are looking less and less attractive.
> 
> That certainly is the impression I get. Plus needing constant
> replacement of OS in order to use them - OK, "constant" is overstating,
> but they only support so far back in OSs.

  The software I mention above started on XP and moved to Vista, 8.1 and
now 11 without a hitch.

  And to stay on topic, the most important part, this newsreader, could
run on all the OSs in the Newsgroups:' header! :-)

[...]

> >>> What do you do if you need a computer when you're driving?
> >>> Do you even realize that you can get a map app on the smartphone?
> >>
> >> Most of my driving is in areas I've driven for 60 years.
> >> If I need to find details of one of the few areas I'm not
> >> familiar with, I have a map book in the car (and road maps
> >> for longer trips).  Or I can look it up on my computer
> >> before I leave home.  (That's called planning, doncha know.)
> > 
> Plus, a lot of map "apps" - like a lot of other apps - are actually only
> a gateway to an online database, i. e. won't work where there's no
> signal. (OK, if you know you're going to use them in advance, you can in
> many "apps" pre-download the maps for the areas you're going to be in.)>

  There are quite a lot of navigation apps which use offline maps and
hence do not need a 'signal' (mobile data connection). I used them in
Australia's rural/Outback/remote areas where there often just *is* no
signal (except very expensive satellite Internet). A smartphone can
easily hold the offline maps for whole countries (like the UK, AU, etc.)
and more. One of these days, I'll add the NZ maps! :-)

[...]

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#90164 — Re: OT

From"J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
Date2026-08-19 22:19 +0100
SubjectRe: OT
Message-ID<11656kh$307ud$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#90152
On 2026/8/19 19:30:4, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>> (Should we take this to e-s.talk?)
> 
>   And pollute *that* group!? :-)
> 
>> On 2026/8/17 20:16:48, Joel W. Crump wrote:
> [...]
>>>>> The price I paid for Win11 Pro is for a license to use it, the
>>>>> price I paid for 365 is for a year of MS letting me use what
>>>>> I want from their apps and OneDrive, it's a equitable way of
>>>>> always having the latest software.  Buying a boxed copy of
>>>>> MS Office, OTOH, would lock me in to one arbitrary release.
>>
>> Depends whether you _want_ what the later releases give you. Granted, I
>> haven't really _looked_ into what the later ones give me, but I've yet
>> to find anything I want to do that my Office 2003 (with the patches for
>> the x versions so I can exchange with those who use them) can't do. (And
>> I certainly have no desire for OneDrive.) Each to his or her own, though!
> 
>   Exactly! My software ages quite nicely with time. Some important parts
> are already well over two decades 'old' and still going strong. Example:
> The software bringing you this post.

I would still be using Turnpike if I hadn't been forced to move to both
64 bit and Windows 10 by another requirement (TP6 operates as a shell
extension to the 32-bit shell; I used it through XP to 7-32, and I think
before XP).>
>>>> Given that software has started deteriorating with each successive
>>>> release, constant upgrades are looking less and less attractive.
>>
>> That certainly is the impression I get. Plus needing constant
>> replacement of OS in order to use them - OK, "constant" is overstating,
>> but they only support so far back in OSs.
> 
>   The software I mention above started on XP and moved to Vista, 8.1 and
> now 11 without a hitch.

I know from other users that TP works on 10-32 (unfortunately I gather
there isn't an 11-32).>
>   And to stay on topic, the most important part, this newsreader, could
> run on all the OSs in the Newsgroups:' header! :-)
> 
> [...]
> 
>>>>> What do you do if you need a computer when you're driving?
>>>>> Do you even realize that you can get a map app on the smartphone?
>>>>
>>>> Most of my driving is in areas I've driven for 60 years.
>>>> If I need to find details of one of the few areas I'm not
>>>> familiar with, I have a map book in the car (and road maps
>>>> for longer trips).  Or I can look it up on my computer
>>>> before I leave home.  (That's called planning, doncha know.)
>>>
>> Plus, a lot of map "apps" - like a lot of other apps - are actually only
>> a gateway to an online database, i. e. won't work where there's no
>> signal. (OK, if you know you're going to use them in advance, you can in
>> many "apps" pre-download the maps for the areas you're going to be in.)>
> 
>   There are quite a lot of navigation apps which use offline maps and
> hence do not need a 'signal' (mobile data connection). I used them in

As I say, even Google maps _can_ download quite a large area in advance.

> Australia's rural/Outback/remote areas where there often just *is* no
> signal (except very expensive satellite Internet). A smartphone can
> easily hold the offline maps for whole countries (like the UK, AU, etc.)
> and more. One of these days, I'll add the NZ maps! :-)
> 
> [...]

I still think a dedicated device is _slightly_ better, though obviously
single-use, so not as versatile as a smartphone. Yes, the XGODY SatNav I
had came with maps of most of the world in its (IIRR) 8G of memory;
since I was actually unlikely to leave the UK or at most Europe, I
actually removed some regions (I think Russia, might have been Aus and
NZ as well) to make room for more music, since (as, like you, most of my
driving was in areas I could drive while asleep) it spent most of its
time as an mp3 player (and in theory BlueTooth gateway for a mobile)
through the car's FM radio.
-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Capital flows toward lower costs like a river to lowest ground.
"MJ", 2015-12-05

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#90213 — Re: OT

FromFrank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Date2026-08-20 15:41 +0000
SubjectRe: OT
Message-ID<1167cqv.t78.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>
In reply to#90164
J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
> On 2026/8/19 19:30:4, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> > J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
[...]
> >> Plus, a lot of map "apps" - like a lot of other apps - are actually only
> >> a gateway to an online database, i. e. won't work where there's no
> >> signal. (OK, if you know you're going to use them in advance, you can in
> >> many "apps" pre-download the maps for the areas you're going to be in.)>
> > 
> >   There are quite a lot of navigation apps which use offline maps and
> > hence do not need a 'signal' (mobile data connection). I used them in
> 
> As I say, even Google maps _can_ download quite a large area in advance.
> 
> > Australia's rural/Outback/remote areas where there often just *is* no
> > signal (except very expensive satellite Internet). A smartphone can
> > easily hold the offline maps for whole countries (like the UK, AU, etc.)
> > and more. One of these days, I'll add the NZ maps! :-)
> > 
> > [...]
> 
> I still think a dedicated device is _slightly_ better, though obviously
> single-use, so not as versatile as a smartphone. Yes, the XGODY SatNav I
> had came with maps of most of the world in its (IIRR) 8G of memory;
> since I was actually unlikely to leave the UK or at most Europe, I
> actually removed some regions (I think Russia, might have been Aus and
> NZ as well) to make room for more music, since (as, like you, most of my
> driving was in areas I could drive while asleep) it spent most of its
> time as an mp3 player (and in theory BlueTooth gateway for a mobile)
> through the car's FM radio.

  For use in countries like your and mine, a dedicated device is fine.

  But for more sparsely populated areas it's nice and often essential to
have several different map sources (TomTom, HERE/NAVTEQ, OSM). A
dedicated device doesn't offer that flexibility. (N.B. The OSM
(OpenStreetMaps) maps often show roads where the vehicles of the
commercial map providers don't bother/dare to come.)

  Case in point: In Queensland (Australia), we encountered a couple with
a car and caravan who were about to take a 500km detour, because the
road they were on was not on their dedicated device and they didn't dare
to continue. We could show them that the road would take them where they
wanted to go, saving them some 400km.

  A long, long time ago, in Australia, I was about to buy my first
dedicated navigation device, but hesitated several times. Eventually I
bit the bullet and bought my very first 'smartphone', with a whopping
'4GB' - actually 1GB 'free', if that 'much' - (non-volatile) storage.
Added a MicroSD card for the maps and never looked back.

  But, as always, YMMV/YMWV.

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#90214 — Re: OT

From"J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
Date2026-08-20 17:05 +0100
SubjectRe: OT
Message-ID<11678kd$3kgkp$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#90213
On 2026/8/20 16:41:47, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
[]
>   For use in countries like your and mine, a dedicated device is fine.
> 
>   But for more sparsely populated areas it's nice and often essential to
> have several different map sources (TomTom, HERE/NAVTEQ, OSM). A
> dedicated device doesn't offer that flexibility. (N.B. The OSM
> (OpenStreetMaps) maps often show roads where the vehicles of the
> commercial map providers don't bother/dare to come.)

In this country they do get to soee pretty obscure places - I remember
being at a remote farm in Northumberland and most surprised to see the
Google car there! For many years I used to show people me and my friends
on Google (Rivergreen mill), though you had to pick your angle. But yes,
I take your point.

> 
>   Case in point: In Queensland (Australia), we encountered a couple with
> a car and caravan who were about to take a 500km detour, because the
> road they were on was not on their dedicated device and they didn't dare
> to continue. We could show them that the road would take them where they
> wanted to go, saving them some 400km.

Probably apocryphal story - someone going to an address in, I think it
was, Alice Springs. The SatNav said turn right (or left), then didn't
say anything for the next 500 miles or whatever. ("And then I missed the
turn ...")

> 
>   A long, long time ago, in Australia, I was about to buy my first
> dedicated navigation device, but hesitated several times. Eventually I
> bit the bullet and bought my very first 'smartphone', with a whopping
> '4GB' - actually 1GB 'free', if that 'much' - (non-volatile) storage.
> Added a MicroSD card for the maps and never looked back.
> 
>   But, as always, YMMV/YMWV.

I would imagine smartphones - plus the incorporation of SatNavs into new
cars (are they a standard thing these days? I rarely buy a car - mine's
twenty this half) - has more or less done for standalone devices, except
for people wanting to drive old cars in areas where there's no cellular
coverage, which can't be a very big market, so the price of standalones
has probably rocketed.
-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

If a cluttered desk is characteristic of a cluttered mind, what does an
empty desk mean ?

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#90221 — Re: OT

FromFrank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Date2026-08-20 17:57 +0000
SubjectRe: OT
Message-ID<1167m66.qsk.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>
In reply to#90214
J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
[...]
> Probably apocryphal story - someone going to an address in, I think it
> was, Alice Springs. The SatNav said turn right (or left), then didn't
> say anything for the next 500 miles or whatever. ("And then I missed the
> turn ...")

  I have similar story: Driving the A7 Gregory Developmental Road from
Charters Towers to Clermont (Australia). While a bit on the road, the
navigation app shows an upcoming round-about. Nothing special, but it
shows it's still 353km away! I was shaking in my wooden boots from all
the stress. I still have the photo of the tablet's screen [1].

> I would imagine smartphones - plus the incorporation of SatNavs into new
> cars (are they a standard thing these days? I rarely buy a car - mine's
> twenty this half) - has more or less done for standalone devices, except
> for people wanting to drive old cars in areas where there's no cellular
> coverage, which can't be a very big market, so the price of standalones
> has probably rocketed.

  My car was 22 years old, so I bought a 'new' one, which is only 17
years old! :-)

  But yes, most new cars have built-in navigation systems. An exception
was a rental car in the US. That didn't have a navigation system, but it
had a display, etc., which had Android Auto (and Apple <whatever>)
functionality, so you could use your phone's navigation app and display
it on the big screen. That's actually an advantage, because you use the
stuff you know and 'love', just with a nice big screen.

[1] Note to self: 2019, IMG_4324.JPG.

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#90222 — Re: OT

From"Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1>
Date2026-08-20 18:59 +0100
SubjectRe: OT
Message-ID<20260820185915.2d1f89fd4bcfe5d9d9729af5@127.0.0.1>
In reply to#90214
On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:05:33 +0100
"J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:

> On 2026/8/20 16:41:47, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> > J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
> []
> >   For use in countries like your and mine, a dedicated device is fine.
> > 
> >   But for more sparsely populated areas it's nice and often essential to
> > have several different map sources (TomTom, HERE/NAVTEQ, OSM). A
> > dedicated device doesn't offer that flexibility. (N.B. The OSM
> > (OpenStreetMaps) maps often show roads where the vehicles of the
> > commercial map providers don't bother/dare to come.)
> 
> In this country they do get to soee pretty obscure places - I remember
> being at a remote farm in Northumberland and most surprised to see the
> Google car there! For many years I used to show people me and my friends
> on Google (Rivergreen mill), though you had to pick your angle. But yes,
> I take your point.
> 
> > 
> >   Case in point: In Queensland (Australia), we encountered a couple with
> > a car and caravan who were about to take a 500km detour, because the
> > road they were on was not on their dedicated device and they didn't dare
> > to continue. We could show them that the road would take them where they
> > wanted to go, saving them some 400km.
> 
> Probably apocryphal story - someone going to an address in, I think it
> was, Alice Springs. The SatNav said turn right (or left), then didn't
> say anything for the next 500 miles or whatever. ("And then I missed the
> turn ...")
> 

BT,Didn'tDT - "Take the (Hume?) Highway, after 500km take the third
exit at the roundabout".

> > 
> >   A long, long time ago, in Australia, I was about to buy my first
> > dedicated navigation device, but hesitated several times. Eventually I
> > bit the bullet and bought my very first 'smartphone', with a whopping
> > '4GB' - actually 1GB 'free', if that 'much' - (non-volatile) storage.
> > Added a MicroSD card for the maps and never looked back.
> > 
> >   But, as always, YMMV/YMWV.
> 
> I would imagine smartphones - plus the incorporation of SatNavs into new
> cars (are they a standard thing these days? I rarely buy a car - mine's
> twenty this half) - has more or less done for standalone devices, except
> for people wanting to drive old cars in areas where there's no cellular
> coverage, which can't be a very big market, so the price of standalones
> has probably rocketed.
> -- 
> J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
> 
> If a cluttered desk is characteristic of a cluttered mind, what does an
> empty desk mean ?


-- 
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

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#90229 — Re: OT

FromFrank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Date2026-08-20 18:48 +0000
SubjectRe: OT
Message-ID<1167p5r.12tk.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>
In reply to#90222
Kerr-Mudd, John <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:05:33 +0100
> "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
[...]
> > Probably apocryphal story - someone going to an address in, I think it
> > was, Alice Springs. The SatNav said turn right (or left), then didn't
> > say anything for the next 500 miles or whatever. ("And then I missed the
> > turn ...")
> 
> BT,Didn'tDT - "Take the (Hume?) Highway, after 500km take the third
> exit at the roundabout".

  If it was about Alice Springs, it probably was the Stuart Highway.

  The Hume is in Victoria and New South Wales, i.e. in the east.

  Funny that in Oz, you call the highways by their names, not their
numbers.

  Apparently the Stuart Highway is the A87 and (from south to north)
becomes the 1 at Daly Waters. Never knew that in all those thirty years.

[...]

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#90175 — Re: OT

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2026-08-20 01:16 +0100
SubjectRe: OT
Message-ID<1165h0d$33bfm$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#90152
On 19/08/2026 19:30, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>> (Should we take this to e-s.talk?)
> 
>    And pollute *that* group!? :-)
> 
>> On 2026/8/17 20:16:48, Joel W. Crump wrote:
> [...]
>>>>> The price I paid for Win11 Pro is for a license to use it, the
>>>>> price I paid for 365 is for a year of MS letting me use what
>>>>> I want from their apps and OneDrive, it's a equitable way of
>>>>> always having the latest software.  Buying a boxed copy of
>>>>> MS Office, OTOH, would lock me in to one arbitrary release.
>>
>> Depends whether you _want_ what the later releases give you. Granted, I
>> haven't really _looked_ into what the later ones give me, but I've yet
>> to find anything I want to do that my Office 2003 (with the patches for
>> the x versions so I can exchange with those who use them) can't do. (And
>> I certainly have no desire for OneDrive.) Each to his or her own, though!
> 
>    Exactly! My software ages quite nicely with time. Some important parts
> are already well over two decades 'old' and still going strong. Example:
> The software bringing you this post.
> 
>>>> Given that software has started deteriorating with each successive
>>>> release, constant upgrades are looking less and less attractive.
>>
>> That certainly is the impression I get. Plus needing constant
>> replacement of OS in order to use them - OK, "constant" is overstating,
>> but they only support so far back in OSs.
> 
>    The software I mention above started on XP and moved to Vista, 8.1 and
> now 11 without a hitch.
> 
>    And to stay on topic, the most important part, this newsreader, could
> run on all the OSs in the Newsgroups:' header! :-)
> 
> [...]
> 
>>>>> What do you do if you need a computer when you're driving?
>>>>> Do you even realize that you can get a map app on the smartphone?
>>>>
>>>> Most of my driving is in areas I've driven for 60 years.
>>>> If I need to find details of one of the few areas I'm not
>>>> familiar with, I have a map book in the car (and road maps
>>>> for longer trips).  Or I can look it up on my computer
>>>> before I leave home.  (That's called planning, doncha know.)
>>>
>> Plus, a lot of map "apps" - like a lot of other apps - are actually only
>> a gateway to an online database, i. e. won't work where there's no
>> signal. (OK, if you know you're going to use them in advance, you can in
>> many "apps" pre-download the maps for the areas you're going to be in.)>
> 
>    There are quite a lot of navigation apps which use offline maps and
> hence do not need a 'signal' (mobile data connection). I used them in
> Australia's rural/Outback/remote areas where there often just *is* no
> signal (except very expensive satellite Internet). A smartphone can
> easily hold the offline maps for whole countries (like the UK, AU, etc.)
> and more. One of these days, I'll add the NZ maps! :-)
> 
+1. I use Tomtom GO  and if I had a bigger phone Id keep more maps
It does not AFAICT use Internet connectivity to get its latest reports 
on speed cameras and traffic jams, but get them somehow it does.


> [...]

-- 
"Women actually are capable of being far more than the feminists will 
let them."


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#90201 — Re: OT

From"Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2026-08-20 12:31 +0200
SubjectRe: OT
Message-ID<neo3cpF63aeU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#90175
On 2026-08-20 02:16, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 19/08/2026 19:30, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:


>>    There are quite a lot of navigation apps which use offline maps and
>> hence do not need a 'signal' (mobile data connection). I used them in
>> Australia's rural/Outback/remote areas where there often just *is* no
>> signal (except very expensive satellite Internet). A smartphone can
>> easily hold the offline maps for whole countries (like the UK, AU, etc.)
>> and more. One of these days, I'll add the NZ maps! :-)
>>
> +1. I use Tomtom GO  and if I had a bigger phone Id keep more maps
> It does not AFAICT use Internet connectivity to get its latest reports 
> on speed cameras and traffic jams, but get them somehow it does.

Depends on the model. Some have an internal SIM card and a slow and 
cheap internet connection. Some use a BT connection to a phone to get 
slow internet. Some connect via WiFI to a hotspot in the car. And some 
use FM radio, or a cable to the car FM radio, because some stations 
transmit those reports in background, somehow. This last method I have 
not experienced.

-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
        ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.

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#90204 — Re: OT

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2026-08-20 11:59 +0100
SubjectRe: OT
Message-ID<1166mn7$3drqq$4@dont-email.me>
In reply to#90201
On 20/08/2026 11:31, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 2026-08-20 02:16, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 19/08/2026 19:30, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
> 
> 
>>>    There are quite a lot of navigation apps which use offline maps and
>>> hence do not need a 'signal' (mobile data connection). I used them in
>>> Australia's rural/Outback/remote areas where there often just *is* no
>>> signal (except very expensive satellite Internet). A smartphone can
>>> easily hold the offline maps for whole countries (like the UK, AU, etc.)
>>> and more. One of these days, I'll add the NZ maps! :-)
>>>
>> +1. I use Tomtom GO  and if I had a bigger phone Id keep more maps
>> It does not AFAICT use Internet connectivity to get its latest reports 
>> on speed cameras and traffic jams, but get them somehow it does.
> 
> Depends on the model

TomTom GO is not hardware, its an android app. It runs on my phone.



-- 
"It was a lot more fun being 20 in the 70's that it is being 70 in the 20's"
Joew Walsh

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#90206 — Re: OT

From"Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2026-08-20 15:23 +0200
SubjectRe: OT
Message-ID<neodfdF63aeU2@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#90204
On 2026-08-20 12:59, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 20/08/2026 11:31, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>> On 2026-08-20 02:16, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>> On 19/08/2026 19:30, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>>> J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>    There are quite a lot of navigation apps which use offline maps and
>>>> hence do not need a 'signal' (mobile data connection). I used them in
>>>> Australia's rural/Outback/remote areas where there often just *is* no
>>>> signal (except very expensive satellite Internet). A smartphone can
>>>> easily hold the offline maps for whole countries (like the UK, AU, 
>>>> etc.)
>>>> and more. One of these days, I'll add the NZ maps! :-)
>>>>
>>> +1. I use Tomtom GO  and if I had a bigger phone Id keep more maps
>>> It does not AFAICT use Internet connectivity to get its latest 
>>> reports on speed cameras and traffic jams, but get them somehow it does.
>>
>> Depends on the model
> 
> TomTom GO is not hardware, its an android app. It runs on my phone.

TomTom Go is indeed hardware, I have one. There is also an app with the 
same name.

-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
        ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.

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#90215 — Re: OT

From"J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
Date2026-08-20 17:15 +0100
SubjectRe: OT
Message-ID<116797m$3knv9$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#90201
On 2026/8/20 11:31:53, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 2026-08-20 02:16, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
[]
>> +1. I use Tomtom GO  and if I had a bigger phone Id keep more maps

That sounds like TomTom is an "app" on your 'phone; I didn't know they
did an app., I only know the name as one of the bigger names in
standalone devices. (I suppose if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.)

>> It does not AFAICT use Internet connectivity to get its latest reports 
>> on speed cameras and traffic jams, but get them somehow it does.
> 
> Depends on the model. Some have an internal SIM card and a slow and 
> cheap internet connection. Some use a BT connection to a phone to get 
> slow internet. Some connect via WiFI to a hotspot in the car. And some 
> use FM radio, or a cable to the car FM radio, because some stations 
> transmit those reports in background, somehow. This last method I have 
> not experienced.
> 
Well, some fixed maps have _some_ speed camera, but of course can't
track new ones, and certainly can't include roadworks, traffic, and the
like, so the device must be getting it from _some_where; I think I've
heard of the FM subcarrier thing too. One thing's for sure, it's _not_
on the satellites that make GPS work: they only transmit very accurate
time signals, and it's the _receiver_ that works out (if it can find
three or more of the satellites) your longitude, latitude, and height,
and compares that to a map it contains.
-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

If a cluttered desk is characteristic of a cluttered mind, what does an
empty desk mean ?

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#90000

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2026-08-17 22:51 +0000
Message-ID<nehhikFpk4lU37@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#89983
On Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:16:48 -0400, Joel W. Crump wrote:

> Bill Gates did one initiative to install flushing toilets in people's
> houses, that's a big deal, something people in the first world just take
> for granted.

I'm not sure indoor plumbing is all it's cracked up to be. It does keep 
the plumbers in business though.

https://www.welthungerhilfe.org/hunger-due-to-drought-in-east-africa

I think East Africa needs something other than flush toilets.


https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-wants-world-to-move-past-flush-
toilets-2018-11


Gates drinking recycled piss reminded me of another thirsty person. It 
seems he doesn't really want flush toilets. That's just as well as third 
world countries have shit for sewage systems. (bad pun intended)

https://www.eastidahonews.com/2021/03/radioactive-cleanup-at-idaho-
nuclear-site-working/

I may have the wrong person but I think it was Watt that downed a glass of 
glow-in-the-dark water, smacked his lips, and said 'See, no problem.'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_G._Watt

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#90042

From"Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1>
Date2026-08-18 08:39 +0100
Message-ID<20260818083956.12aac8fcffc3d63e888e01c1@127.0.0.1>
In reply to#89976
On Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:45:19 -0400
"Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 8/17/2026 12:58 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> > On 2026-08-17, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
> >> On 8/16/26 13:01, L Thorpe wrote:
> >>> On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 17:44:53 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
[]

> >>     And then it all went SO BAD ...
> >>
> >>     At some point soon I'm gonna need to buy a
> >>     half-ass big-screen "phone". HATE 'em. Keep
> >>     a little FLIP as my mobile now.
> > 
> > I'll give up my flip phone when they pry it from
> > my cold dead fingers.  It sends and receives calls
> > and texts (including pictures).  I neither need
> > nor want anything more.  They're not hard to
> > find, either.  I got my latest one for $100;
> > its $50 predecessor was just too shitty, but
> > as with anything else you get what you pay for..
> 
> 
> What do you do if you need a computer when you're driving?  Do you even 
> realize that you can get a map app on the smartphone?
> 
> 
> >>                                     My carrier is
> >>     not gonna support my great old landline much
> >>     longer - they've already raised the PRICE
> >>     insanely, hoping I'll quit. Clue, I'm NOT
> >>     gonna buy the new crap-phone from THEM - but
> >>     from another. Pref Android. Samsung phones
> >>     are gonna be IT.
> > 
> > In our latest account update with the telco, they
> > threw in a Google Pixel 9a for a dollar.  It sits
> > on a shelf in its original box, a testament to my
> > attempt to live as Google-free a life as possible.
> 
> 
> The Pixel doesn't appeal to me, Samsung is the best smartphone maker, 
> IMO.  Fuck Apple.
> 
You might want to take continue this discussion in a mobile phone NG;
it's nowt to do with linux, mac,w11,or w10.

PS the Samsung Keyboard applet has 5 "privacy notices".


FU set to cma
-- 
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

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#90044

From"Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com>
Date2026-08-18 03:52 -0400
Message-ID<11612vg$1l45r$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#90042
On 8/18/2026 3:39 AM, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:45:19 -0400
> "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 8/17/2026 12:58 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>>
>>> In our latest account update with the telco, they
>>> threw in a Google Pixel 9a for a dollar.  It sits
>>> on a shelf in its original box, a testament to my
>>> attempt to live as Google-free a life as possible.
>>
>> The Pixel doesn't appeal to me, Samsung is the best smartphone maker,
>> IMO.  Fuck Apple.
>>
> You might want to take continue this discussion in a mobile phone NG;
> it's nowt to do with linux, mac,w11,or w10.
> 
> PS the Samsung Keyboard applet has 5 "privacy notices".
> 
> 
> FU set to cma


Are you even living in 2026, dude?  Your reply was a bunch of loudmouth 
nothingness.  No one said smartphones were explicitly on-topic in these 
newsgroups.  They are still something people who are normal talk about. 
So save your high horses for someone you actually outsmart, dumbshit.

-- 
Joel W. Crump

Zyprexa - It's not just for schizophrenics, anymore!

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#90051

FromDaniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org>
Date2026-08-18 21:15 +1000
Message-ID<1161esu$1p1d6$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#89976
On 18/08/2026 3:45 am, Joel W. Crump wrote:
> On 8/17/2026 12:58 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

<Snip>

>> In our latest account update with the telco, they
>> threw in a Google Pixel 9a for a dollar.  It sits
>> on a shelf in its original box, a testament to my
>> attempt to live as Google-free a life as possible.

Sorry. WHAT?? You try to live as Google-free a life as possible by using 
a *Google* Pixel 9a?? Really?? ;-P
-- 
Daniel70

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#90052

From"Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com>
Date2026-08-18 07:25 -0400
Message-ID<1161ffi$1p7jk$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#90051
On 8/18/2026 7:15 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
>> On 8/17/2026 12:58 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> 
>>> In our latest account update with the telco, they
>>> threw in a Google Pixel 9a for a dollar.  It sits
>>> on a shelf in its original box, a testament to my
>>> attempt to live as Google-free a life as possible.
> 
> Sorry. WHAT?? You try to live as Google-free a life as possible by using 
> a *Google* Pixel 9a?? Really?? ;-P


You did read what he said?  He's not using it, it's collecting dust, as 
it were.  Honestly I affirm Samsung as a source of good smartphones. 
It's the only brand I have used and will ever use, based on what I know 
today.

-- 
Joel W. Crump

Zyprexa - It's not just for schizophrenics, anymore!

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